Re: Saving/Recalling Shell Commands History?

[Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@web.DE>]

Am 21.08.2006 um 17:07 schrieb gamename:

> Hi,
>
> Is there any way to save the commands issued in shell-mode and recall
> them when a new shell starts, or even in a new instance of emacs?
>

The documentation writes:

	(defun comint-read-input-ring (&optional silent)
	  "Set the buffer's `comint-input-ring' from a history file.
	The name of the file is given by the variable `comint-input-ring- 
file-name'.
	The history ring is of size `comint-input-ring-size', regardless of  
file size.
	If `comint-input-ring-file-name' is nil this function does nothing.
	
	(defun comint-write-input-ring ()
	  "Writes the buffer's `comint-input-ring' to a history file.
	The name of the file is given by the variable `comint-input-ring- 
file-name'.
	The original contents of the file are lost if `comint-input-ring' is  
not empty.
	If `comint-input-ring-file-name' is nil this function does nothing.

Although I have set comint-input-ring-file-name, this file never gets  
written. And neither read (I've put some uniq commands into it to see  
if). All *shell* does in my case, is it reads ~/.tcsh_history –  
because I have tcsh as login shell.

Could be there is bug, or I simply need to activate the described  
behaviour with some start-up or shut-down hooks ...

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